The region has four locations vying for a casino: Cobleskill, East Greenbush, Rensselaer and Schenectady. One of those sites is expected to be awarded a casino, though it's possible no sites or two sites could be selected.

The state has been tight-lipped about the process. And as one local construction executive says, that information blackout isn't limited to the public and the media.

Carl Stewart is the top local executive for Turner Construction, which was No. 1 on the 2014 General Contractors List.

If Rensselaer is picked, Turner would have a major part to play in the casino's construction in 2015.

But so far, Stewart says he's heard nothing that would give away which locations the state might pick.

"Having been in the business for as long as I have, it's rare that it's this tight-lipped," he said during a recent interview.

It doesn't bother him, though. He joked that while he'd love to have a crystal ball to know what was coming, he appreciates how the state has handled the selection process so far.

"I think it's good. There's an integrity to the process," he says.

There also are a lot of anticipation surrounding the state's decision about casino licensing.

An Albany Business Review poll published last week asked readers which of the four Capital Region communities will win the competition for a license. Of the nearly 2,000 people who voted as of 6:30 p.m. Sunday, 47 percent picked Cobleskill in Schoharie County. Another 22 percent picked Schenectady, 20 percent selected East Greenbush and Rensselaer grabbed the other 11 percent.

The poll is not a scientific sampling and is intended to give insight into what readers are thinking.

With that in mind, it does show a shift since the last time the Albany Business Review asked the question in August. When we asked the same question this summer, 288 readers responded, and the answers were far different.

In the August poll, 61.5 percent of those who responded, picked Schenectady as the most likely winner of a casino license. Rensselaer finished second with 21.7 percent of the vote, followed by East Greenbush with 9 percent and Cobleskill with 2.8 percent.